Nolan's Day

On the morning of your birthday you get up early and with great anticipation head straight to the kitchen where there is a present waiting to be opened by you. At least that's how it usually works. This year Nolan was a little puzzled as there was only a card with a picture of the toys he had been wishing for.

Since he is now 11 years old, we were giving him the gift on exercising some patience as he waits for his gift to arrive in the mail, thanks to back ordered items. Kind of a bummer, I know! But before you feel too sorry for him, just know that he got his other wish, which was to go skiing. As he is probably tearing down the slopes at the moment, I'm slaving away in the kitchen getting the "birthday menu" ready. Years ago, we established that the birthday person chooses the meals. Nolan has developed quite of a gourmet taste. We started the day with some bold coffee, skiiers french toast, bacon and choice of mangos, pears, bananas & blueberries. For dinner, I'm making green chicken enchiladas with a home made sauce consisting of roasted pablano peppers, garlic & onion. To top it all off, he chose this cake as his birthday cake. So I better get back to the kitchen . . .